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This collection contains papers
related to ships associated with Captain Joseph Perkins as well as business
papers.

Collection Number:

MH 184

Series List

SERIES I. Ships' PapersSERIES II. Business Papers and Contracts

Scope and Content Note

This collection contains papers related to ships associated with Captain Joseph
Perkins as well as business papers.

Series I. Ships' Papers includes bills of sale, contracts, letters,
and records pertaining to seven different vessels including two privateers.
Contracts include a power of attorney granted to Captain Joseph Perkins, and a
commission for the privateer Montgomery granted by
President James Madison. Material is arranged alphabetically by ship name.

Series II. Business Papers and Contracts includes bills and
receipts, letters, forms, contracts, and business papers relating to Joseph Perkins'
activities as a captain and a businessman. Also included are forms and circulars
pertaining to the Baker Island Lighthouse, and contracts, one of which is a contract
for an indentured apprentice. The business papers are varied in nature including
appointment of an agent for subscribers to Pilot Boat, a petition from citizens of
Salem, and a summons for John Allen. Papers are arranged chronologically.

Biographical Sketch

Joseph Perkins, born in 1785 in Maine, was a master
mariner from Salem, Massachusetts. Perkins was master of several ships, including
the ship Arrogante and was part owner of the schooner
Betsy. Perkins was appointed pilot for Salem Harbor
in 1813; at one time he was also keeper of the Baker Island Lighthouse. He piloted
into Salem Harbor the frigate Constitution when it
escaped the British fleet in 1814. He married Elizabeth Hunt (d. 1835) and had four
children, Joseph (born 1810), Nathaniel Brown (born 1813), William (born 1823), and
Caroline. His death date is unknown.

Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in Philcat. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons,
or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Allen, John

Perkins, Joseph

Perkins, Nathaniel B.

Stickney, Richard

Alexander (Privateer)

Arrogante (Ship)

Baker Island Lighthouse (Me.)

Bellona (Schooner)

Betsey (Schooner)

General Warren (Schooner)

Montogomery (Privateer)

Sally Ann (Brig)

Inventories

Privateering

Shipping

Salem (Mass.)

Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research use.

Administrative Information

Copyright

Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be submitted in
writing to the Manuscript Librarian in the Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex
Museum.